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Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA : As of 7:30 PM EDT Social workers protest perceived role in children's deaths Los Angeles Times - Apr 28 4:44 PM EDT Bob Oates, longtime L.A. sportswriter, dies at 93 Los Angeles Times - Apr 28 2:14 PM EDT 2,300 temporarily without power in Highland Park Los Angeles Daily News - Apr 28 6:11 PM EDT State AG directs Maywood to reform its police Los Angeles Daily News - Apr 28 2:57 PM EDT 'Sex' Star, Hubby Welcoming Surrogate Twins CBS 2 Los Angeles - Apr 28 7:04 PM EDT Wildfire Burns 20 Acres In Riverside County CBS 2 Los Angeles - Apr 28 6:56 PM EDT Los Angeles Times Social workers protest perceived role in children's deaths Apr 28 4:44 PM EDT Fourteen children died last year from abuse or neglect while on social workers' watch. The county workers say huge caseloads are to blame. Nearly a hundred L.A. County social workers quietly protested in front of the downtown Los Angeles county building at the start of this morning's supervisors' meeting, saying they were being unfairly blamed in the deaths last year of 14 children whom they had ... Bob Oates, longtime L.A. sportswriter, dies at 93 Apr 28 2:14 PM EDT He covered 39 consecutive Super Bowls and was the last surviving original member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection panel. Bob Oates, a longtime sportswriter for The Times who covered 39 consecutive Super Bowls, died Monday at his home in Baldwin Hills of age-related causes, his son, Bob Jr., said. He was 93. Scolding and a stiff sentence for Carona Apr 28 12:59 AM EDT A federal judge lectures the former Orange County sheriff about honesty and hands down a 51/2-year prison sentence for witness tampering. Mike Carona's fall from "America's Sheriff" to convicted felon reached bottom Monday as a federal judge gave Orange County's former top law enforcement officer a half-hour lecture about honesty before sentencing him to 5 1/2 years in prison for attempting to ... Attacks intensify in L.A. city attorney race Apr 27 11:44 PM EDT New ads by Councilman Jack Weiss accuse attorney Carmen Trutanich of defending environmental polluters. They cost Weiss the backing of L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca. With nursery rhyme characters, giant inflatable rats and "high noon" debate challenges, it's getting hard to quibble with those who complain that the tone of the Los Angeles city attorney's race has gotten downright sophomoric. Tough work, if you can get it Apr 27 11:44 PM EDT The pay is lower and the jobs are fewer, but the pool of laborers looking for work at sanctioned locations grows larger. So there I was in the hardware store parking lot, with 150 other guys. Los Angeles Daily News 2,300 temporarily without power in Highland Park Apr 28 6:11 PM EDT HIGHLAND PARK - About 2,300 people were without electricity in Highland Park this afternoon after a problem developed with some power lines, authorities said. State AG directs Maywood to reform its police Apr 28 2:57 PM EDT State Attorney General Jerry Brown will direct the Maywood City Council today to reform its police department in the wake of a 16- month investigation that exposed "gross misconduct and widespread abuse. State of emergency declared over swine flu warnings Apr 28 2:56 PM EDT Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Los Angeles County supervisors declared public health emergencies today as coroner's officials said they are investigating whether swine flu caused the deaths of two residents in Long Beach and La Mirada. FBI agents watched Orange County gyms in anti-terror probes Apr 28 1:41 PM EDT SANTA ANA - FBI agents watched Orange County gyms to gather intelligence on members of several local mosques, a man who claims to have been a key informant in the operation said. Britney Spears' ex-manager and lawyer ordered to stay away from singer Apr 28 1:41 PM EDT Britney Spears' ex-manager and an attorney who claimed she hired him should be ordered to stay away from the singer indefinitely, a lawyer for her father told a judge today. CBS 2 Los Angeles 'Sex' Star, Hubby Welcoming Surrogate Twins Apr 28 7:04 PM EDT Representatives for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick say the couple is expecting the birth of twin daughters this summer through a surrogate pregnancy. Wildfire Burns 20 Acres In Riverside County Apr 28 6:56 PM EDT Riverside County fire officials say a 20-acre wildfire is burning in the community of Winchester but there have been no reports of damage or injuries. Capt. Julie Hutchinson says the fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday in rural, rolling hills with scattered homes. She says the fire is burning out of control, devouring dry grass and brush, but there have been no evacuations. Flu Worried? Parents Urged To Send Kids To School Apr 28 6:55 PM EDT Do not be afraid to send your kids to school. That's the word of advice from California's Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell. School officials want parents to know they have taken precautions against the possible spread of the flu. Officials: No L.A. Deaths Linked To Swine Flu Apr 28 6:18 PM EDT The Los Angeles County coroner's office Tuesday investigated the recent deaths of two men for links to swine flu and found that neither death was tied to the outbreak. Los Angeles Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey told the Los Angeles Times that a hospital in Bellflower reported the death of a 33-year-old Long Beach man who was brought in Saturday with symptoms resembling swine flu. SoCal Gas Gives Enertech $1M For Energy Program Apr 28 5:53 PM EDT At the Enertech facility in Rialto they have learned to convert biosolids (processed sewage sludge) from Southern California into a renewable fuel. Southern California Gas Co. will give EnerTech a $1 million check for the work they've done through their Savings by Design Program at their Rialto facility. In this program, The Gas Company provides design assistance and financial incentives to help ... NBC4 Los Angeles Sunset Junction Festival Drama Apr 28 7:12 PM EDT Despite a petition to stop the Sunset Junction Festival, organizers vow it will return this summer. Wildfire Burns 200 Acres in Temecula Valley Apr 28 6:57 PM EDT A wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon quickly blackened about 200 acres and sent clouds of white smoke over the eastern part of Temecula Valley, but no injuries or evacuations were reported. Sign Here to Get Sunset Junction's Identity Back Apr 28 4:13 PM EDT Two business owners start a petition calling for the Sunset Junction Festival to take a break and get back to its roots. "Octomom the Musical" Now Casting Apr 28 1:43 PM EDT "Octomom the Musical" is holding auditions at the Bang Comedy Studios in Los Angeles. What's That in the Sky? Space Tornadoes Apr 28 1:42 PM EDT Today's forecast includes wind gusts up to 1 million mph. KTLA-TV Los Angeles Officials No L.A. Deaths Linked To Swine Flu Apr 28 2:04 PM EDT LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County public health officer Dr. Jonathan Fielding says one of two deaths being investigated by the coroner's office as possibly related to swine flu was not a case of swine flu. The second death is still being investigated, but Fielding says the case is unlikely to be swine flu. Bellflower Medical Center reported the death of a 33-year-old Long Beach man Monday ... Octuplets' Mom Denies She was a Stripper Apr 28 1:19 PM EDT LA HABRA -- Octuplets' mom, Nadya Suleman, is vehemently denying reports that she worked as a stripper for a year, going by the name "Angelina." The report, which surfaced in "In Touch" magazaine, claims the self-proclaimed "octo-mom" worked as an exotic dancer at a nightclub in San Diego at bachelor parties between 1999 and 2000. Suleman tells RadarOnline.com that the reports are not true and ... Cops Shoot, Kill Man Outside Norwalk Stater Bros. Apr 28 9:04 AM EDT NORWALK -- Authorities say a man was shot and killed by two undercover Los Angeles Police Department officers who intervened when they witnessed a shooting in a Stater Bros. parking lot. It happened around 6:50 p.m. Monday near Imperial Highway and Firestone Boulevard in Norwalk, said Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section. The officers were members ... Officers Fatally Shoot Man in Fountain Valley Parking Lot Apr 27 11:34 PM EDT FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- Police in Fountain Valley fatally shot a man they say shot and wounded two others in a parking lot. Officers received a call of a possible domestic dispute outside a hobby store in the 18400 block of Pacific Street at 12:07 p.m Monday, said Sgt. Eric Orahood of the Fountain Valley Police Department. While officers were en route to the scene, they were informed that shots had ... Man Convicted of Killing Girlfriend, Fetus in Front of Her Sons Apr 27 10:49 PM EDT COMPTON -- A Compton Superior Court jury convicted a man Monday of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child in front of the woman's two sons. Stephen Picart was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sharon Carter and second-degree murder for the death of her unborn child. Prosecutors opted against asking for the death penalty. Police say Picart shot Carter in ...

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